Meitoku

Meitoku (明徳) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) of the Northern Court during the Nanboku-chō period after Kōō and before Ōei. This period started in March 1390 and ended in July 1394.^[1] After October 1392, Meitoku replaced the Southern Court's nengō (Genchū).^[2] The pretender in Kyoto was Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).^[3] Go-Komatsu's Southern Court rival in Yoshino until 1392 was Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)...^[4]

Events of Meitoku era

1391 (Meitoku 2): Yamana Ujikyo attacked Kyoto.^[5]
1392 (Meitoku 3), also known as Genchū 9: Northern and Southern courts were reunited under Go-Komatsu.^[5]

Southern Court nengō

Genchū, 1384–1392^[6]

Meitoku Media

The Imperial seats during the Nanboku-chō period were in relatively close proximity, but geographically distinct. They were conventionally identified as:
- Northern capital : Kyoto
- Southern capital : Yoshino.

Related pages

Muromachi period

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Meitoku" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 625.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Genchū" at p. 236.
↑ Nussbaum, "Go-Komatsu Tennō," p. 255; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 317-320.
↑ Nussbaum, "Go-Kameyama Tennō," pp. 254-255.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The "Tokushi Yoron", p. 330.
↑ In 1392, the two rival courts were said to be reunited in the era of Meitoku. Genchū 9 became Meitoku 3 when the two courts were reunited.

Other websites

National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Keichō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
	1390	1391	1392	1393	1394

Preceded by:
Kōō

Northern Court nengō:
Meitoku

Succeeded by:
Ōei

Preceded by:
Genchū
1384–1392

Southern Court nengō:
——
1392–1394

Succeeded by:
——

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Meitoku" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 625.

[2] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Genchū" at p. 236.

[3] Nussbaum, "Go-Komatsu Tennō," p. 255; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 317-320.

[4] Nussbaum, "Go-Kameyama Tennō," pp. 254-255.

[ackroyd330-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The "Tokushi Yoron", p. 330.

[6] In 1392, the two rival courts were said to be reunited in the era of Meitoku. Genchū 9 became Meitoku 3 when the two courts were reunited.

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